Tharakan

Tharakan may refer to:

Title

 * Tharakan (title), an honorific hereditary title for prominent Saint Thomas Christian families in Kerala, India
 * Tharakan (Hindu caste), a Hindu caste from the Palakkad district of Kerala, India

Persons

 * Thachil Matthoo Tharakan (1741–1814), influential Syrian Christian leader, minister, trader and exporter who played a major role in the history of erstwhile Travancore and Cochin kingdoms of modern-day Kerala, India
 * Puthencavu Mathan Tharakan (1903–1993), Malayalam poet who earned the title Mahakavi
 * K. M. Tharakan (1930–2003), critic, novelist, litterateur and educationalist from Kerala, India
 * Hormis Tharakan, Indian Police Service officer from Kerala who was the chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) of India during 2005–2007